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COPY HOLDER.

No. 449,934. Patented Apr. 7., 1891.

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JAMES B. HAMMOND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,934, dated Apri1'7, 1891.

Application filed June '7, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

This improvement particularly relates.to the copy-holders which are usedin connecnection with type-writing machines for holding copies.

I will describe a copy-holder embodying my improvement, and then pointout the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a copy-holderembodying my improvement. Fig. '2 is a back view of the upper portion ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the upper portion thereof. Fig. 4 isa transverse central vertical section of the complete article.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a base-piece. It may be 0 any suitable construction.Preferably it will be made of iron and quite heavy, with an extendedbase consisting of wide-spreading legs a, provided with feet a, ofindia-rubber, or other soft material. The body of the basepiece is ofhollow construction and terminates at the upper end in a socket (5 whichis constructed to receive and hold a vertical rod B. A set-screwengaging with a tapped hole a in the socket a and impinging againsttherod B serves to secure the latter in different positions.

The rod B is represented as being round, and when so made it can berotated within the base-piece, if this should be desirable for anyreason. It is intended that the rod shall always be verticallyadjustable whether r0- tarily adjustable or not. Hence it and the socketare made substantially uniform in diameter from end to end.

The rod B has affixed to its upper end a headblock C, which is slottedor bifurcated in the upper end to receive witliin'it a plate D, which ispivotally connected thereto by means of a Serial No. 354,663. (Nomodel.)

the head-block O, and the end of the screw engages with a tapped hole inthe other bifurcated portion of the head-block. Hence by turning thisscrew it may be made to clamp the two bifurcated portions of thehead-block upon the plate D. The lower edge of the plate D is rounded,and preferably so as to be concentric with the screw d. The objectofthis is to facilitate the oscillation of the plate D upon the screw dasa center without making the bifurcated portion of the head-blockunnecessarily long. At the front the plate D is provided with a lateralflange cl, and

this is shown as being curved from the upper sides are curved to conformto the curve of this plate. Screws 6 pass through the plate from itsfront and enter tapped holes in the arms, so as to fasten the arms tothe plate.

The arms F F extend upwardly and rearwardly at an incline. Their uppervends are provided with bearings f f for a rod G.

These bearings f f preferably have removable caps secured by screws tofacilitate the introduction of the rod. The rod G extends between thearms F F and is bent at cach end beyond the arms downwardly, so as toform arms G G which will be approximately parallel with the arms F F Thearms G G are provided at their lower ends with bearings for a roller H,which is preferably faced with rubber or soft material and is intendedto operate, in conjunction with the plate E, to hold copy and also toafford a means of adjusting the latter up or down. One of the journalsof the roller H is provided with a handle it to facilitate the turningof the roller for the purpose of effecting the adjustment of copy up ordown.

Springs are combined with the arms G to force the roller H toward theplate E. As here shown, there are employed for this purpose spring's'l Iwhichat one end average ened to the 'rod G and after being coiled aroundthe said rod have their upper ends extended to engage with the arms F FOne of these springs may be found sufficient. To introduce copy intothis holder, the edge of the paper may be placed between the lower endof the plate E and roller H and the latter turned to cause the paper tomove upward; or, if desired, the roller may be pulled outward for thepurpose of enabling the paper to be introduced between it and the plate.

The copy may consist of sheets of paper, or

The copy may be bodily raised and lowered to any position convenient tothe person using it by loosening the set-screwsfa iand slidingtherodfvertically in'the base-piece F." 'Its angleinay beehanged at willby loosening the screw dj'and'oscillating the plate D to therequisitedegree.

What I clai'm as'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent,'"is 1. In copy-holder, tlie'combin'ation of a base-piece aplate supported by the base piece, a roller for holding andadj'ustingpaper arranged oppositethe' said plate, and a spring for impelling theroller toward the plate, substantiallyas specified. 2."In a copy-holder,the combination 'of' a base-piece, a plate supported'by the base piece,a roller "arranged opposite said plate and constructed to swing awayfrom the plate,

'llhereason'of *this is that one soft and ai odarrange dabovesai'dplat'e, whereby copy may be held between the plate and roller andpartially supported by the said rod, substantially as specified.

3.-In a copy-holder, the combination of a base-piece, a plate supportedby the base piece, a roller arranged opposite said plate and movableoutward therefrom, a rod arranged above said plate, whereby copy may beheld between the plate and roller and partially-supported by the saidrod, and a-spring vfor impelling the roller toward the plate,substantially as specified.

4:. In a copy-holder, the combination of a base-piece, a plate"supportedby. the base-a piece, a roller arranged-opposite said plate, 7arod arranged above said plate, whereby copy" may be held between theplate and roller and partially 'supported by-the 'sa'id" rod," ands'p'r'ing'engage'd at one end with 'thTOflyCOilQd .around' the same,andfen'gaged at the: other end with an arm extending from the plate,substantially as'specified:-

base-piece, a plate supported by the base piece, aroller'arranged-opposite said plate, arms' extending upwardly andre'arward'ly from the plate, a rod-supported by these arms and provided"at its endswitlrother arms-,and:

a roller supported by the last-named'arm 'in aposition opposite the saidplate, substantially as'specified- 6;"I'ncopy-holder/th'e combination ota base-piece, a"'plate'-supported =by the bases piece, a roller arrangedopposite said plate;

arms extendingupwardly and rearwardly from'the plate, a rod supported bythese'arms and provided at its ends with other anms; a roller supportedby the last named' arm iii-"a position opposite the said plate, anda-sprin'g for im'pelling the roller toward the plate, substantially asspecified.

JAS. B. HAMMOND.

Witnesses: f

ANTHONY GREF, WM, M. ILIFF.

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